Hi Dave, > >> /usr/bin/ld: .libs/libTKernel.la-478.o(.text.1+0x37798): cannot reach 00000387__ZNSolsEPFRSoS_E+0, >> recompile with -ffunction-sections >> /usr/bin/ld: .libs/libTKernel.la-478.o(.text.1+0x37798): cannot handle >R_PARISC_PCREL17F > >> As it is a very long job (more then 12h) what would it be better: >> 1) simply following advise: "recompile with -ffunction-sections" > >Compiling with -ffunction-sections will not fix this problem. This is a >problem with the linker and the part of the error message about recompiling >with -ffunction-sections is bogus. The clue is the offset value which >is within limits. You have hit a compilation with many small functions >and the stub group section has overflowed. > >Before you trash the build, try using the ld option --stub-group-size >to set the maximum size of a group of input sections that can be handled >by one stub section. If the link is done with gcc, add something like >"-Wl,--stub-group-size,-225000" to LDFLAGS. You want the stub group >size as large as possible but it can't be larger than 240000. Negative >values cause stubs to be located before their branches. Positive >stub group sizes allows to two groups of input sections, one before >and one after each stub section (ld --help). > >GCC uses pc relative branches for calls if the distance to the beginning >of the translation unit is less than 240000. It doesn't know how big >the translation unit is at the time this decision is made, so using >positive stub group values may cause problems. > >There was a bug in GCC's distance calculation under linux. This is >fixed in 3.2.2 and later. 3.2.2 is not released yet. 3.3 is coming >soon (Feb. 15?). >
Thanks for explanation, clear ;) >> 2) upgrade directly to gcc-3.2 > >Won't fix the above. > >If you using a PA 2.0 machine, you could use the -mpa-risc-2-0 option. No :( >This increases the branch range to 22 bits and the maximum size of the >stub group section. > >I would recommend using 3.3 for C++ builds but this is for other >reasons. > gcc-snapshot may be (already install) or tool chain (it failled for me last time but I can come back to this before?) Thanks, Joel ********************************************* Vous surfez toujours avec une ligne classique ? Faites des economies avec Tiscali Complete... Plus d'info sur ... http://complete.tiscali.be